Behavior modeling and remote control of industrial conveyor systems via internet

Modeling and control plays an important role in the automated manufacturing applications. Remote operation provides the capability to perform monitoring and control over a great distance. In this paper, behavior modeling and remote control of an industrial conveyor system has been presented. In the present approach, colored Petri nets (CPNs) are used to model the operated behaviors so as to result in a more compact structure. A prototype of a seven-position conveyor system is designed and implemented to show the feasibility of the developed approach. It is believed that the technique presented in this paper could be further applied to large-scale industrial conveyor systems.